Fender.



I UNITED .sTATEs PATENT ersten.

JOHN C. G. BRADLEY, F'BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

FENDER.

ders or life-saving devices for use upon vehicles, preferably thosepropelled by electricity;

andthe object of my invention is to provide economical means forautomatically throwing i I downward the forward end of the lfender toprevent a person from being hurt by thewheels of the vehicle.

In my invention no current is required to hold the fender in its normalposition, and consequently current is only used when some obstacle comesin contact with it.

My invention will be described as applied to an electric car withreference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sideelevation of the front portion of an electric car provided with theimprovements of my invention. Fig. 2 isa perspective view of theoperating mechanism of my invention.

1n operation the lender or guard Fis hung on rigid support S, attachedto car-bottom, and is supported by the fulcrum-lever L, loosely attachedto support S at C and by the link L, by which the fender is held in aposition so that its front edge O lies close Ato the ground, about twoinches above it. Firmly attached to the fulcrum-lever L is armature B.

Under the car-bottom are-attached magnets A and the knife-switch N andspring G.

Suspended from the car in front ofthe fender is a feeler J, connected byspring M to contact-switch I. Above the car-platform within easy reachofthe motorman is a circuit-breaking switch K. P is the metallic circuitbetween the axle of the car and the feeler J. z

Q is the metallic circuit between the contact-switch I and the magnet A.

R is the metallic circuit between the magnet A and the trolley-pole.

When the feeler J is hanging normally, the

Speciiicaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 13, 1905. Serial No. 255,433.

rPatented. Sept. 26, 1905.

metallic circuits P, Q, and R are lopen and fender F is held up by thespring G, attached to fulcrum-lever L. When the feeler J is.

pressed back bycontact with a body or obstruction, it strikesthe switchI, thus closing the metallic circuit and causing the magnets to draw upthe armature B, whereby lever L presses down link L', causing the bottomof the fender O to rest firmly on the ground. In this l operation theknife-switch N becomes firmly closed, keeping the circuit in the magnetand keeping the fender in a rigid position until' the circuit is brokenat switch K, when the armature drops and raises the fender to its normalposition.

What I claim is- 1. In a fender or life-guard, the combination of avehicle, with a fender or guard adapted to fall into operating position,of rods or supports and a spring for normally'holding up the fender, ofan electromagnet provided with an armature for drawing the fender intooperating position, a feeler and a, contactswitch adapted to be actuatedby the backj ed to fall into operatingposition, of supportsand springfornormally hol'ding'up the fender, of an electromagnet provided with anarl mature for drawing the' fender into operating position, aknife-switch for keeping the electromagnet in circuit after the guardhas fallen into position, a feeler and a contact-switch in connectionwith a metallic circuit adapted to be actuated by the backward movementof the spring for normally holding up the' fender, of

an electromagnety provided with an armature for drawing the fender intooperating position, a knife-switch for keeping the electromagnet incircuit after the guardl has fallen into position, a normally openelectric circuit, a switch adapted to close by coming in congized theframe \\ill he inisml Lo its initial lmlo sitioii.

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.IOllN (i. BRADLEY.

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